Unscramble BASTE and you have 65 words, BASTE itself among them: it scores 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. 7 anagrams of BASTE are on the page, ABETS, BATES and BEAST included; each is 7 points. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from BASTE by length: 8 with 5 letters, 23 with 4, 22 with 3 and 12 with 2.
Keep every letter of BASTE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 5-letter words: starting with BA · ending in TE · all 5-letter words
BASTE first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. BASTE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| BASTE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 65) | 60 | 65 | 52 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Words With Friends*: BAES, BAE, BES, TASE, ATS, EST, TES and TE, 8 in all. Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: BESAT, TAES, EAS, EA and ST, 5 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of BASTE spell the words below.